Ogre Marauder with Psi Blades

[Chattius]

Because of a still stiff arm after a dislocated shoulder i plan to do an easy character without too much combat arts. I am doing an ogre marauder which used daggers (3 points) till level 12, then two handed (2) with dagger (1) till i had some tier 3 or 4 mindstars.
The late game defense is planed as a mix of true grit, unstoppable and ogre boosted heroism potions.
Currently i am level 23 and transformed in to using mindstars. Probably not ideal points spending but i never died yet in normal diff.

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Sex              : Female       STR:  43
Race             : Ogre         DEX:  42
Class            : Marauder     MAG:  16
Level            : 23           WIL:  66
Exp              : 8%           CUN:  30
Gold             : 709.86       CON:  13
Times died       : 0
Lifes left       : 5
Blood of Life

Accuracy(Main Hand):  68        Life             :     548/548  Encumbrance      : 51/127
Damage  (Main Hand):  65        Stamina          :     281/281  Difficulty       : Normal
Permadeath       : Adventure
APR     (Main Hand):  64        
Crit    (Main Hand):  42%       
Speed   (Main Hand): 1.11       
                                
                                Equilibrium      :     18
                                

Accuracy(Off Hand):  68
Damage  (Off Hand):  62
APR     (Off Hand):  64
Crit    (Off Hand):  42%
Speed   (Off Hand): 1.11

Fatigue          : 14%          Spellpower       : 16
Armor            : 44.73        Spell Crit       : 12%
Armor Hardiness  : 48.103448275862%Spell Speed      : 1
Defense          : 29.719669780284
Ranged Defense   : 29.719669780284
All damage       : 0%

Physical Save    : 33.3
Spell Save       : 34.35
Mental Save      : 52.2

All Resists:   0%
Poison Resistance:   0%
Bleed Resistance:   5%
Confusion Resistance:  67%
Disarm Resistance:  36%
Pinning Resistance:   5%
Stun Resistance:  57%
Instadeath Resistance: 100%

Number of NPC killed: 1884
Most killed NPC: green worm mass (52)

  [Talents Chart]

 - Race / Ogre                        (mastery 1.00)
    Ogric Wrath (generic)             1/5
    Grisly Constitution (generic)     5/5
    Scar-Scripted Flesh (generic)     1/5
    Writ Large (generic)              0/5
 - Technique / Dual weapons           (mastery 1.20)
    Dual Weapon Training (class)      2/5
    Dual Weapon Defense (class)       1/5
    Precision (class)                 1/5
    Momentum (class)                  0/5
 - Technique / Dual techniques        (mastery 1.20)
    Dual Strike (class)               1/5
    Flurry (class)                    1/5
    Sweep (class)                     1/5
    Whirlwind (class)                 1/5
 - Technique / Battle tactics         (mastery 1.20)
    Greater Weapon Focus (class)      1/5
    Step Up (class)                   4/5
    Bleeding Edge (class)             0/5
    True Grit (class)                 0/5
 - Technique / Bloodthirst            (mastery 1.10)
    Mortal Terror (class)             5/5
    Bloodbath (class)                 1/5
    Bloody Butcher (class)            1/5
    Unstoppable (class)               0/5
 - Technique / Field control          (mastery 1.30)
    Disengage (generic)               0/5
    Track (generic)                   1/5
    Heave (generic)                   0/5
    Slow Motion (generic)             0/5
 - Technique / Combat techniques      (mastery 1.30)
    Rush (class)                      3/5
    Precise Strikes (class)           5/5
    Perfect Strike (class)            0/5
    Blinding Speed (class)            0/5
 - Technique / Combat veteran         (mastery 1.00)
    Quick Recovery (class)            1/5
    Fast Metabolism (class)           1/5
    Spell Shield (class)              0/5
    Unending Frenzy (class)           0/5
 - Technique / Combat training        (mastery 1.30)
    Thick Skin (generic)              0/5
    Armour Training (generic)         1/5
    Combat Accuracy (generic)         5/5
    Weapons Mastery (generic)         0/5
    Dagger Mastery (generic)          0/5
 - Technique / Mobility               (mastery 1.30)
    Hack'n'Back (generic)             0/5
    Mobile Defence (generic)          0/5
    Light of Foot (generic)           0/5
    Strider (generic)                 0/5
 - Technique / Thuggery               (mastery 1.30)
    Skullcracker (generic)            1/5
    Riot-born (generic)               5/5
    Vicious Strikes (generic)         2/5
    Total Thuggery (generic)          0/5
 - Technique / Conditioning           (mastery 1.30)
    Vitality (generic)                1/5
    Unflinching Resolve (generic)     1/5
    Daunting Presence (generic)       0/5
    Adrenaline Surge (generic)        0/5
 - Cunning / Dirty fighting           (mastery 1.30)
    Dirty Fighting (class)            1/5
    Backstab (class)                  0/5
    Switch Place (class)              0/5
    Cripple (class)                   0/5
 - Cunning / Survival                 (mastery 1.30)
    Heightened Senses (generic)       0/5
    Charm Mastery (generic)           0/5
    Piercing Sight (generic)          1/5
    Evasion (generic)                 0/5
 - Wild-gift / Mindstar mastery       (mastery 1.30)
    Psiblades (generic)               5/5
    Thorn Grab (generic)              1/5
    Leaves Tide (generic)             0/5
    Nature's Equilibrium (generic)    0/5

  [Inscriptions (3/3)]

Rune: Shielding
Infusion: Healing
Infusion: Wild

[malboro_urchin]

How are you handling stat allocation at level up, especially with regard to class abilities & prereqs? When do you start building Wil instead of Str & Dex? Iirc marauders do use some Cun for their abilities.

How important do you find Battle Tactics? Are you mainly relying on the Ogre racial or lv 36 cat point for another inscription slot?

[Chattius]

At level 24 my base points are:
STR 30
DEX 40
CON 10
MAG 10
WIL 43
CUN 11

I didn't do anything into WIL or CUN before my STR and DEX were at 30/40. Step Up is at 5/5 now and makes tactical movement a lot easier.The next 5 level generics will be into Writ Large for the extra infusion.

[OrionJAnderson]

Why Ogre? You get a lot of HP and ogric wrath gets you close to full stun resist, but marauders are super hungry for generics. If you're building will, I think 1/1/1/1 Thalore is stronger than 1/1/1/1 Ogre. Halfling and even Dwarf also.